No. 3 Royal Battenburg Lace Bureau-Scarf
The engraving on the opposite page represents the article above mentioned, and shows the effectiveness of this magnificent and durable lace. In actual size the scarf is about a yard and one-half long and one-half yard wide, and is made of a heavy Battenburg braid, having a fancy edge (See Nos. 5 or 7, on page 20) and cord, rings and buttons. The main part of the design is outlined with the braid, cord is used as a veining for the leaves, and the rings and buttons are introduced here and there over the surface, as seen in the picture. Raleigh bars with picots connect the border and center designs, while the palms along the border as well as other small spaces are filled in with point Turque and point de Grecque stitches. Sorrento bars are also used in some of the long leaf-like spaces, while in a few of the circular spaces point d’Angleterre rosettes are introduced. These rosettes are also frequently called “spiders,” and are made, according to the space, large or small; and according to the requirements of the braid selected, heavy or light.
For convenience in giving the name of this lace, the full title is rarely used—“Battenburg Lace” being considered sufficient to identify the fabric from the other and lighter laces.
Battenburg lace is made both heavy and light, according to personal taste or the object for which the lace is intended, but it was originally designed for heavy work only.